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USW1002 The Thieves Arm (2002)


Dragon Pass is under Imperial occupation, and the banner of rebellion has been raised. This is a time of heroes and saviours, liberators and generals. But it is also a time of unexpected nobility. Can you forge an army out of the outlaws, bandits, renegades and neerdowells of the Pass? You have the courage of your convictions and the otherworldly help of the magical Blade in the Shadows. However, against you are ranged not only the massed armies and magics of the Lunar Empire, but also a dangerous imperial magistrate and his own private army, who seems to predict your every move.

This book contains a wide range of criminal groups, keywords, cults and characters for your games of Hero Wars and HeroQuest, as well as original scenarios and the secrets of the thief god Lanbril. Holding them together is an optional story arc which takes them from battling across the bandit country of the Tarsh Exiles, through adventures, mishaps and heroquests, to a climactic mob war in the Lunar city of Furthest.


Details

Artists: Cover by Rod ‘Jaega’ Smith, other art by Jimmy Almen, Simon Bray, Sarah Evans, Juha Harju, Malin Hellmer, Jarkko Jorvinen, Jessie W Thomas, Wesley Quadros, Rod ‘Jaega’ Smith, Claire Steyert and Gregory C Walsh.


Contents

  • Behind Lanbril’s Mask by Greg Stafford
  • The Thieves’ Arm Story Arc by Mark Galeotti & Simon Bray
  • The Bush Range by Greg Stafford
  • The Bushwhackers by Ian Cooper
  • The Barren by Ian Cooper
  • The Blade in Darkness by Mark Galeotti
  • Ohenkash Twice-Maned by Mark Galeotti
  • When Bandits are Heroes by Mark Galeotti
  • Low Lives, Street Scum and Murderers by Simon Bray
  • Lonergan the Pretender by Ian Thomson
  • Three From the West by Jamie ‘Trotsky’ Revell
  • The Banes by Dave Shaw
  • The Neep Spawn by Simon Bray
  • The Unbalanced by Shannon Appelcline
  • The PargAddi Imperial Hunter Corps Regiment by Martin Laurie
  • The Oakhearts by Mark Galeotti
  • Edrald’s Torc by Neil Smith
  • Silver Bear Cave by Thom Baguley
  • The Taming of Valind by Wesley Quadros
  • The Sandals of Darkness by Simon Phipp & Jeff Kyer
  • The Furthest Shadow War by Neil Smith
  • The House of Fragrant Oblivion by Peter Metcalfe
  • The Quiet Thunder by Mark Galeotti
  • Building the Thieves’ Arm by Mark Galeotti & Simon Bray
  • Jaxarte and the Outlaws by Michael ‘MOB’ O’Brien
  • As well as an array of Individual Narrator Heroes (mainly by Simon Bray) and entries From the Tablets of Ohenkash, Judex (mainly by Mark Galeotti)

Related Pages

  • Lunar Empire Map (2001)
  • Magnus Liber Rerum (2004)
  • PW3: Paper Wars: Dragon Pass at War (2003)
  • The Four Scrolls of Revelation (2002)
  • TUW1004 Wintertop Fair: The Men Who Would be King (2004)
  • USW-M01 Gloranthan Map Set (2003)
  • USW1001 Tarsh in Flames (2001)
  • USW1004 In Wintertop’s Shadow (2002)
  • USW1005 Sons Of Kargzant (2004)
  • USW2001 Uz: The Trolls of Glorantha (2005)

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